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50 Cards in this Set
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Onychosis |
Any nail disease or deformity |
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Onychophagy |
Bitten nails |
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Eggshell nails |
Abnormal thin white nail plates |
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Onyx |
Technical term for the nail |
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Onychorrhexis |
Brittle nails |
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Mantle |
Pocket fold of skin, holds the root and matrix |
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Cuticle |
Skin around the base of the nail |
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Manicure |
Care of hand, skin, and nails |
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Tinea Pedis |
Athletes foot |
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Ridges |
If vertical furrows, if horizontal corrugation |
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Pyogenic Granuloma |
Sever nail inflammation that produces a mass under nail plate |
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Leukonychia |
White spots |
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Bruised nail |
Dark purple |
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Onychatrophia |
Waste away of the nail |
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Paronychia |
Inflammation of the skin surrounding the nail |
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Perionychium |
Skin that over laps on the side of the nail |
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Onychia |
Inflammation of the matrix |
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Nail root |
In the mantle at the base of the nail plate |
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Nail grooves |
Skits that the nail moves along |
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Matrix |
Below the nail root, produces the nail |
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Green nails |
Bacteria infection |
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Verruca |
Wort |
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Yellow nails |
Nicotine, polish stain, bacterial infection, pus |
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Onychomycosis |
Ring worm of the nail (Tinea Unguium) |
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Onychoptosis |
Nail detaches and falls off |
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Bed Epithelium |
Layer of skin cells between nail bed and nail plate |
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Nail Psoriasis |
Pitted or rough surface |
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Black nails |
Injury, mold, heart condition, shoe pressure |
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Splinter Hemorrage |
Brown or black spot under nail plate (looks like splinter) "lines" |
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Hyponychium |
Skin under free edge |
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Onycholysis |
Loosing of the nail |
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Plicatured nail |
Folded nail |
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Healthy nail |
Transulation, slightly pink, smooth, curved, no ridges, no disease |
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Brown nails |
Fun gas, nicotine, injury to matrix, certain medicine |
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Melanoychia |
Darling of nail, excess melon |
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Onychauxis |
Abnormal thick nails |
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Nail bed |
Portion of skin that the nail plate rests on |
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Onychocryptosis |
Ingrown nail |
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Blue nails |
Poor circulation, heart condition, injury |
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Pedicure |
Care of the feet, skin, and nails |
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Nail Folds |
Skin folds that forms the grooves |
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Nail Sidewall |
Lateral (side) nail fold that overlaps the side of nail. |
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Agnail |
Hang nail, split cuticle. |
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Kolionychia |
Spoon nails,concave nails. |
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Nail Pterygium |
Forward growth of living cuticle. |
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Trumpet or Pinder Nail |
Fold or curl |
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Onychomadesis |
Complete shedding of nail. |
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Nail Plate |
Nail body, from root to free edge. |
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Free Edge |
Extends beyond the finger tip. |
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Lunula |
White half moon shape. |